Current and future heat stress in Nicaraguan work places under a changing climate
Sheffield, Perry E; Herrera, Juan Gabriel Ruiz; Lemke, Bruno; Kjellstrom, Tord; Romero, Luis E. Blanco
Description
While climate change continues to increase ambient temperatures, the resulting heat stress exposure to workers in non-climate controlled settings is not well characterized, particularly in low and middle income countries. This preliminary report describes current heat stress in Nicaraguan work places and estimates occupational heat stress in 2050. From over 400 measurements of heat exposure using wet bulb globe temperature, more than 10% of all measurements exceeded the safety threshold for the...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2013 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70905 |
Source: | Industrial Health |
DOI: | 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0156 |
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